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TL;DR: In this paper, the characteristics of principal founders, businesses, and the external environment at one point in time can be used to explain at a later date whether a firm is still an exporter or a nonexporter, whether exporting firms are larger in size than nonexporting firms, whether they report superior performance, and whether they are more likely to survive than non-exporting firms.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors report that entrepreneurship-specific rather than general human capital variables explain more of the variance in the number of business opportunities identified and pursued, while the use of publications as a source of information was positively associated with the probability of identifying more opportunities.

TL;DR: Low and MacMillan (1988) suggested that research into entrepreneurial behavior should consider contextual issues and identify the processes that explain rather than merely describe the entrepreneur, and as discussed by the authors suggested that the process that explains the entrepreneur should be contextualized.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors explored the links between entrepreneurs' prior business ownership experience and their opportunity identification behavior and found that experienced entrepreneurs identified more opportunities and exploited more innovative opportunities with greater wealth creation potential.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the financial, social, and psychological costs of failure, highlighting factors that may influence the magnitude of these costs (including individual responses to managing these costs).